Assassination Attempt

The Fifth Volume: Breaking Free from the Cocoon — Assassination from the Shadows

Watching the Mang Ma Mountain cultivators clean up the battlefield and burn the corpses of the Soul Severing Hall cultivators, Qin Fengming could not help sighing. Even a cultivator at the Peak Core Formation stage had been unable to escape death. Qin Fengming felt this especially deeply.

If one wished to survive for a long time in the Cultivation World, aside from making oneself stronger, there was no other path to take.

Watching the Mang Ma Mountain cultivators depart, Qin Fengming felt rather heavy-hearted. He remained inside the molten rock until the cultivators vanished from sight, yet he still did not move a muscle...

Time passed slowly. No one knew how long it had been. Just as Qin Fengming was about to move his body and leave the molten rock, his spiritual sense swept habitually across the surroundings.

It would have been fine if he had not looked. The moment he did, Qin Fengming was struck dumb on the spot.

Several dozen yards away, in a depression formed within the Molten Sea, an old man was slowly revealing his head. His eyes flashed with light as he cautiously scanned the surroundings. Only after finding nothing amiss did the old man shoot up and stand upon the Molten Sea.

"Hmph. I never expected that, having just entered the Sky Flame Mountain Range, I would already be driven to this point. Lin Jida, Tang Jin, if this old man encounters you two again, I will surely extract your souls and refine your spirits to dispel the hatred in my heart. Mang Ma Mountain—I will never forget this grudge either."

The moment the old man appeared, he gnashed his teeth and shouted angrily. His voice was filled with fury, while